Police say the 66-year-old man died following a two vehicle road traffic collision on the Warrenpoint Road in Newry at around 12.30pm on Sunday.

They added that the man was the driver of a motorcycle involved in the collision with a Landrover Discovery which was towing a caravan.

The Warrenpoint Road remains close tonight from the junction of William Street and Kilmorey Street to the Greenbank roundabout “while police conduct their investigation into the cause of the collision”.

There are unconfirmed reports that the man was one of a group of motorcyclists who were driving together when the collision happened. It is understood one man at the scene gave the man CPR in an attempt to save him.